The Beatmasters ‘Rok Da House’

byIan Berriman
July 14, 2022

The Beatmasters’ Paul Carter recalls the making of ‘Rok Da House’, their 1987 hit with The Cookie Crew – widely acknowledged as the first hip house record

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The Beatmasters ‘Rok Da House’

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Ian Berriman

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

M, ‘Pop Muzik’ (MCA Records, 1979)

Jah Wobble ‘Bomba’

808 State ‘Pacific State’

Brigitte Fontaine ‘Patriarcat’

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The Beatmasters ‘Rok Da House’

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